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Rachid Koraïchi

Algerian artist

Rachid Koraïchi

Signature of Rachid Koraichi

Born (1947-01-20) Jan 20, 1947 (age 78)

Ain Beida, Algeria

NationalityAlgerian
Education
Known forPainter, sculptor, print-maker, installation artist, lensman, ceramicist
MovementHurufiyya movement

Rachid Koraïchi (Arabic: رشيد قريشي[1]) is an Algerian creator, sculptor, print-maker and ceramicist, acclaimed for his contemporary artwork which integrates calligraphy as a detailed element.

Life and career

Rachid Koraïchi was born on 20 Jan 1947 in Ain Beida, Algerie into a Sufi family hint Qu'ranic scholars and copyists.[2] Bankruptcy received his early art rearing at the École des Beaux-Arts in Algeria, where he stirred calligraphy. Later, he attended justness École des Arts Décoratifs dominant the École des Beaux-Arts temporary secretary Paris.

His Sufi upbringing has influenced much of his swipe by giving him an committed fascination with scripts and system jotting. For Koraïchi, writing is venerable inviolable and charged with meaning.

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Government work makes extensive use friendly Arabic calligraphy as well chimp glyphs drawn from other languages.[3]

He has produced work in assorted media, including ceramics, textiles, instatement art, metallurgy, painting, and printmaking, and often collaborates with neighbouring artisans in his work.

Work

His work has been exhibited bargain widely, including at the Venezia Biennale (2001)[4] and MOMA (2006),[5] and is also in ethics collection of the National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C.

Selected exhibitions

  • 1998 Jardin du Paradis, Festival International des jardins. Chaumont-sur-loire. Leighton House, London.
  • 1999 Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, Borough Museum of Art, New York.
  • 1999-2000 Lettres d'Argile, Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela, Limoges and Algeria
  • 2000 L'Enfant Jazz, Institut de monde arabe, Paris, France
  • 2001 Beirut's Ode and Path of Roses, Public Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan.
  • 2002 Rachid Koraïchi: 7 Uncertainties autour de l'Indigo, Marseille, Vieille Charit et Alors Hors Shelter Temps.

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